For this Assessment Objective you must do the following
Explain the legal and ethical constraints of the the regulatory body for videogames - which is PEGI.
In terms of marks scheme, this is what the examiners are looking for:
Candidates give an explanation with examples of legal and ethical constraints and describe a range of functions of the regulatory bodies and describe how they affect the media products.
To answer this question well I suggest you do the following:
1) Write up a history of PEGI.
2) Describe their ratings system.
3) Explain what self regulatory means and suggest reasons why.
4) Explain the role of BBFC had in games classification.
5) Find an example of a game that was banned in the UK and explain the reasons why it was banned.
6) Write up argument for and against the influence of videogames violence and explain how the role of PEGI is supposed to protect consumers.
Suggested reading:
BBC report on PEGI here and here
Reports on videogame violence - here,here and here.
REMEMBER:
READ AS MUCH AS YOU CAN OR YOU FEEL YOU NEED TO BEFORE YOU START WRITING.
MAKE YOUR RESPONSES INTERESTING WITH LINKS TO DOCUMENTS, IMAGES AND RELEVANT VIDEOS.